Enterbrain Denies New DS Report

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Mr. Hamamura actually thinks a new model is unlikely.

By John Tanaka

Late last week, Bloomberg Japan reported that Enterbrain president Hirakazu Hamamura had, during a game market seminar on the 11th, expressed his belief that it was possible Nintendo would announce a new version of the DS hardware at E3. Nintendo's PR departments both in Japan and abroad were quick to reject this possibility. And now, Enterbrain has issued a statement claiming that Hamamura never said anything of the sort.

According to the Enterbrain statement, Hamamura did suggest that we continue to pay close attention to the DS in the future. He also said that he's looking forward to E3. However, in light of the popularity of the system and Nintendo's difficulty in maintaining stock on a worldwide basis, he actually believes it unlikely that Nintendo would release a new form factor or a successor model.

Enterbrain is the publisher of the Famitsu magazines, the source of roughly 832% of all Japanese game announcements. Hamamura's recent seminar was given to mainstream press and investors, and offered a recap of the current game market and some predictions on what's to come.